{{Short description|Italian fashion designer (born 1984)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox noble | name = Marta Ferri | image = | caption = | title = | full name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|7|21|df=yes}} | birth_place = Milan, Italy | father = Fabrizio Ferri | mother = Barbara Frua de Angeli | spouse = {{marriage|Carlo Ludovico Borromeo|2012}} | issue = | noble family = Borromeo | occupation = fashion designer }}
'''Marta Ferri Borromeo''' (born 21 July 1984) is an Italian fashion designer. By marriage, she is a member of the House of Borromeo, an Italian noble family.
== Early life == Ferri was born on 21 July 1984 in Milan, Italy. She is the daughter of Barbara Frua de Angeli, an interior decorator, and Fabrizio Ferri, a photographer.<ref name="townandcountry">{{cite web|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/the-scene/weddings/marta-ferri-and-carlo-borrmoeo-wedding|title=A Tale of Two Houses|first=Priya|last=Rao|date=4 February 2013|website=Town & Country}}</ref>
==Career== After completing school, Ferri moved to New York City for four years and worked as a set designer, assistant photographer, digital tech assistant, personal assistant, and photo shoot producer. In 2009, she moved back to Italy and began working for Prada as a visual merchandiser. After a year and a half in Italy, she moved to Argentina and started a jewellery line called ''Nuda''. While in Argentina, she began experimenting with fabrics and making handmade dresses. She opened her own atelier, Banner, in Milan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/fashion-insider-dress-monaco-grand-prix|title=Here's How a Fashion Insider Dresses for the Monaco Grand Prix|website=Vogue|date=26 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/get-the-look-stylish-italian-designers-delfina-delettrez-milan-fashion-week|title=Che Bella! Decoding the Look of 6 Stylish Italian Designers|website=Vogue|date=20 September 2014}}</ref> She sells her dresses, which are exclusively made-to-measure, at her atelier.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/la-dolce-dressmaker-marta-ferri-1411749386|title=La Dolce Dressmaker: Marta Ferri|first=J. J.|last=Martin|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=2 October 2014|publisher=|via=www.wsj.com}}</ref> Her first dress collection debuted in December 2010.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Turra |first=Alessandra |date=2018-11-29 |title=40 of Tomorrow: Marta Ferri |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/business-features/40-of-tomorrow-marta-ferri-1202912864/ |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}</ref> She references Isabella Rossellini as a style inspiration.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/italian-it-girls-beauty-muses-margherita-missoni-delfina-delettrez-monica-vitti-mariacarla-boscono|title=6 Italian It Girls on the Homegrown Icons That Set the Beauty Bar|website=Vogue|date=22 September 2016}}</ref> In May 2014, Ferri was invited by the Italian Embassy in Argentina to present her spring collection.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/marta-ferri-buenos-aires-photo-diary|title=Designer Marta Ferri's Buenos Aires Photo Diary|website=Vogue|date=10 June 2014}}</ref> In November 2014 she modeled in an advertisement campaign for Buccellati.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://buccellati.com/en/muses/marta-ferri|title=Marta Ferri|website=Buccellati Official}}</ref>
In 2016, Ferri collaborated with Italian textile company Molteni & C. to create new and modern designs.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wallpaper.com/design/marta-ferri-brings-fresh-designs-to-molteni-and-c|title=Fantastic fabric: Marta Ferri brings fresh ideas to Molteni & C.|first=JJ|last=Martin|date=11 April 2016|website=Wallpaper*}}</ref> In 2019, she developed capsule collections with Sergio Rossi<ref>{{Cite web |last=Turra |first=Alessandra |date=2019-05-23 |title=EXCLUSIVE: Sergio Rossi Kicks Off Sr Addiction Project With Marta Ferri |url=https://wwd.com/accessories-news/footwear/exclusive-sergio-rossi-kicks-off-sr-addiction-project-with-marta-ferri-1203137372/ |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}</ref> and with the shoe designer Rothy's.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maloney |first=Maggie |date=2019-10-22 |title=Rothy's Just Launched a Bright New Collaboration with Marta Ferri |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/style/fashion-trends/g29399146/rothys-shoes-marta-ferri-collaboration-shop/ |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=Town & Country |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Personal life == She married her childhood friend Carlo Ludovico Borromeo at Pantelleria on 30 June 2012.<ref name="townandcountry"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.it/en/news/daily-news/2012/07/06/carlo-borromeo-marta-ferri-wedding/|title=The Borromeo-Ferri wedding|date=6 July 2012|website=Vogue.it}}</ref> Guests made donations to the Italian Association for Cancer Research and the Foundation for Research on Cystic Fibrosis on behalf of the couple.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oggi.it/people/vip-e-star/2012/07/05/carlo-borromeo-e-marta-ferri-nozze-principesche-e-alternative/|title=Carlo Borromeo e Marta Ferri, nozze principesche e alternative|website=Oggi - People}}</ref> Her husband, a member of the House of Borromeo, is the son of Carlo Ferdinando Borromeo, Count of Arona and a brother of Beatrice Borromeo and a half-brother of Matilde Borromeo. She and Carlo have four children.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/pregnancy-beauty-tips-natural-designer-marta-ferri-italy-milan|title=It Designer Marta Ferri on the Italian Secrets to a Highly Chic Pregnancy|website=Vogue|date=28 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.harpersbazaararabia.com/interiors/homes/marta-ferri-milanese-palazzo|title=This Italian Couturier's Milanese Palazzo Is A Dream|website=Harper's BAZAAR Arabia}}</ref> She lives in a Palazzo in the old Milan, a building that was previously owned by the painter Giuseppe Bossi.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Zaman |first=Aisha |date=26 June 2018 |title=This Italian Couturier's Milanese Palazzo Is A Dream |work=Harper's Bazaar |url=https://www.harpersbazaararabia.com/culture/interiors/homes/marta-ferri-milanese-palazzo |access-date=15 November 2022}}</ref>
In August 2015 she was named on a ''Vogue'' best-dressed list after attending the wedding of her sister-in-law, Beatrice Borromeo, and Pierre Casiraghi.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/best-dressed-beatrice-borromeo-marta-ferri|title=10 Best Dressed: Week of August 10, 2015|website=Vogue|date=10 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/best-fashion-instagrams-solange-knowles-beatrice-anna-cleveland|title=The Best Fashion Instagrams of the Week: Amanda Seyfried's Pooch, Solange, and More|website=Vogue|date=August 2015}}</ref>
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